The most important question of ''A girl with a basket''. / A girl with a basket''. का महत्वपूर्ण प्रश्न
A girl with a basket''. का महत्वपूर्ण प्रश्न
Ques 1
What did William C. Douglas do to know about the real feeling of
the people in India?
answer ___
To know about the real feeling of the people in India, William C. Douglas talked to the English- knowing Indians on his journey. He talked about world politics and the current topics of the day.
Ques2 __
Mention the scene and thing the writer saw on his way from Delhi to Ranikhet?
Ans ___
On his way from Delhi to Ranikhet, the writer saw the flooded Ganga, rice fields, jungles, grass, trees, monkeys, villages, hunts, pumpkins, the refugee children, the baskets, the fans and the girl of nine years.
QUES3 __
What disturbed the continuity of the writer's conversations at one of the stations? (imp)
Ans __
At one station a group of refugee children surrounded the writer. They were selling baskets. This disturbed the continuity of the writer's conversation at the station .
Ques4 __
why were these children described as a refugee ? (imp)
Ans __
These children were described as a refugee because their parents had been driven out of Pakistan. Having left all their property and houses they had come to India as a refugee.
Ques5 __
Why did the refugee children descend like locusts on the writer? ( imp)
Ans ____
The poor children thought that the American writer was a good customer. Therefore they descended like locusts on him to sell their baskets.
Ques 6
What made the writer realize that he had given offense by extending the gratuity to the girl as a substitute for not buying the baskets?
Ans __
The girl did not accept the writer's gratuity and returned the money with pride and grace. This made the writer think that his gratuity had offended her.
Ques 7 _
What picture did the author carry back in his mind of India and her people as a whole? (imp)
Ans __
The writer thought that the people of India were full of self-respect and dignity, They were full of decency, a sense of citizenship and desire for freedom. Thus he carried back in his mind a noble picture of our country and the people.
sense of citizenship and desire for freedom. Thus he carried back in his mind a noble picture of our country and the people.
QUES 8_
_ WHY DID MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LEAVE PAKISTAN FOR INDIA ?(imp)
ANS ___
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LEFT PAKISTAN FOR INDIA DUE TO THE FEAR OF RELIGIOUS FANATICISM.
QUES 9 __
Where was the writer going ? or Where was he traveling to?
ANS _____
The writer was going from New Delhi to Bareilly by train on his way to Ranikhet.
QUES 10 __
What did the writer do to get a feel for the pulse of the nation? (imp)
ANS______ To get a feel od the pulse of the nation, the writer talking to English_knowing Indians on his journey. He talking about world politics and current topics of the day.
QUES 11 __
Who were those children selling baskets? What information does the writer give you about them? (imp)
ANS __ The children selling baskets were refugee children. After the partition between India and Pakistan, their parents came to India from Pakistan as poor refugees.
QUES 12 __ What was the plight of the refugee? What were they doing for a living? (imp)
ANS __
The plight of the refugee was very miserable. They were poor, hungry, homeless and jobless. For their living, they sold cheap hand_made articles.
QUES13 __ What forced the writer to buy the little girl's basket? (imp)
ANS______ To please the little girl the writer gave her a handful of change. She refused to accept the money from the writer's to buy her basket.
QUES 14 ___
What was the writer's purpose behind his conversation with the common people of India?
ANS __
The purpose behind this conversation was to get a feel for the pulse of the nation.
QUES 15 __
What were the children selling at a railway station according to William C. Douglas? Why were they doing so? (imp )
ANS ___ They were selling hand_made reed baskets for their livelihood.
QUES 16 __
What did the writer buy from them?
ANS ______ The writer bought the basket of the little girl.
QUES 17 __ What did the writer buy from them?
ANS ______ Then the writer bought the basket of the little girl .
QUES 18 __ What was the story told to the Prime Minister by William C. Douglas?
ANS ______ William C. Douglas saw a little girl on the platform she was selling baskets. She was poor. She did not accept any money in charity. The writer bought her basket. Only then she took the money and ran away happily. This story was told to the Prime minister by the writer.
QUES19 -
- What sort of houses did the author see in the villages he passed?
ANS ___
The house therein was made of mud mixed with water and cow_dung. Their roofs were thatched with grass and bamboo poles.
QUES20___
What did the author do to help the little girl?
ANS _____ To help the little girl the author deposited a gratuity of a handful of coins in her basket.
QUES21 ___ Why was she offended?
ANS ______ She was offended because the gratuity thus offered hurt her sense of self_respect.
QUES22 ____ What is unique about India culture? (imp )
ANS _____ The sense of self-respect and good behavior is unique about Indian culture.
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